This blog will list news about all aspects of scorpion biology and important taxonomical updates from The scorpion Files. The Scorpion Files is a leading information source about scorpions, and has among others an updated list of all extant families, genera and species.(C) Jan Ove Rein and The Scorpion Files.

29 August, 2012

Rolando Teruel and Frantisek Kovarik have published a new book, Scorpions of Cuba. Here is information about the book:

A new book in English by Rolando Teruel and Frantisek
Kovarik. The island of Cuba hosts the most diverse scorpion fauna per area, and
this book is the result of its long-range studies. Treated are all 54 species
in the form of keys, comments on morphology, habitats and distribution
maps, 636 color photos depicting preseved as well as live specimens, their
mating, parental care and localities, and presented are descriptions of two new
taxa - Cryptoiclus rodriguezi gen. et sp. n. (Diplocentrinae) and Microtityus pusillus sp. n.